“So What”, by Miles Davis, originally released in 1959 on the studio album , Kind of Blue
The album features Davis’ ensemble sextet consisting of saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb, with former band pianist Bill Evans appearing on most of the tracks in place of Kelly.
You can listen to the whole album here
Enjoy, Jack
jack, thanks, good choice. wiki has a lot of praise for that album too: Kind of Blue has been regarded by many critics as the greatest jazz record, Davis’s masterpiece, and one of the best albums of all time. Its influence on music, including jazz, rock, and classical genres, has led writers to also deem it one of the most influential albums ever recorded. The album was one of fifty recordings chosen in 2002 by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry, and in 2003 it was ranked number 12 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list… Read more »
Jack
Thank you. Miles Davis is a wonderful choice for Sunday.
Patd
Thank you for the background. I just put this album in my collection.
There were no flies on Miles.
among other notable jazz blues artists (but seemingly only remembered for pop ballads) were ray Charles, peggy lee and as wiki reports …Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He recorded over one hundred songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first African American man to host an American television series. […] Earlier on, Cole’s shift to traditional pop led some jazz critics and fans to accuse him of selling… Read more »
Xrep……Yes, Thag Simmons…..knocked into eternity by a flailing Thagomizer.
But that cat could wail.
Nobody could wail like Miles.
Sure he got old and weird, but we all got problems, eh?
But even when he was weird, he still could wail.
And he wrote a pretty good book about his life….don’t know any ghostwriter details but it’s a ripping good yarn, and also, as it happens, is the Book of the Month this August. I give the book 3 thumbs up.
It’s called MILES and shows him on the cover shot holding a trumpet and giving full-on Side-Eye to the camera.
ghostwriter Quincy Troupe.
Remember our ole pal Sean Holton? He was a major Miles Davis fan.
Biden gaffes sure are piling up. Best his staff can come up with is it’s not a sign of aging because he’s always been this way.
Later today when I get a chance to sit down and relax I will take out the Miles Davis album and put it on the turntable for a listen.
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I always watched the Nat King Cole show on TV and loved it.
Today WaPo has an article about campaigning in poetry.
Which of the candidates is doing most for poetry. Right now I think Beto & Booker. Definitely not Biden or Castro.
Harris, Warren, and Klobuchar are in the prose category. Do women tend to be more factual than “inspiring”.
perfect pick for a Sunday morning – I need a bloody mary and access to a NYTIMES (printed) neither of which I am going to get.
Still friends with Sean on Farcebark. Him, and Patsi, and Fred Imus, too.
So SFB is suggesting the Clinton’s had Epstein killed and yet who had more access and more reason and more to lose?
Miles – who needs to say more? That ’59 combo is out of this world. Biden – gaffe prone – OK, I’ll take that over the lying orange clown any day and three times on Sunday. And Warren needs to increase her share of the votes out there by 70% over where she stands now if she wants to catch Joe. I like her, but that’s a tall order, even for a Harvard professor. (but to be fair, she’s increased her share of the vote according to the polls by 50% since June 29 – which is no mean… Read more »
“SFB is suggesting the Clinton’s had Epstein killed and yet who had more access and more reason and more to lose”
KGC, his accusations are (as they say in poker) a tell. he shouts “liar” when it’s his pants on fire. calling others crooked, stupid, failing or at fault is his way of shifting blame by distraction from his own criminality, stupidity and failure… blatant subconscious confessions
Thanks, Craig. Here goes.
renee, can and will the NH legislature override the veto ? the hill: New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have created an independent commission to draw the state’s legislative, congressional and Executive Council district maps following the 2020 elections. [….] State Rep. Marjorie Smith (D), who worked with the nonpartisan Brennan Center to create the proposal, denounced Sununu’s veto, saying that the GOP governor should be “ashamed” of himself. “Only the House minority leader and Governor Sununu worked to keep their party’s best interest above the best interest of Granite Staters. Today the governor chose to ignore the… Read more »
It’s St. James Infirmary with some movement played by Alan Toussant.
KGC, It was SFB who said in an interview that we kill kill people, too and don’t kid yourself, or something like that. VERY fishy!
Oh, did I forget to mention conspiracy theorist? My bad.
Roh-roh Joe strikes again. The problem with this gaffe not is not the mixing up words or using the wrong words. He has time shifted. Something my mother started to do when she was eighty. Often thinking I was on family vacations long after I had left home and was no where near the family. It makes me very uncomfortable to have Biden running for office.
given the guy’s (shall we say) peculiarities, perhaps it was autoerotic asphyxiation
e.g. david carradine style?
Obviously Hillary did it, along with babbs and poppy bush, jimmy hoffa, Judge Crater and Ambrose Bierce.
Mr Lardass Liberal wasn’t the only Miles Davis fanatic on this trail. One of my favorite purchases of all times was my beloved Quiet Nights album. The critics panned it, but when I took a sample listen in the music store, it was as if the scales fell from my ears. It was as if I’d heard through the headset darkly, and then face to brass !
The title piece and Wait ’til You See Her are utterly exquisite.
Quiet Nights
https://youtu.be/PnCg05hrBWs
uh oh, buckle your seat belts the hill: Muslims, Israeli police clash at holy site in Jerusalem Clashes at a Jerusalem holy site Sunday injured at least 14 Muslim worshippers and four Israeli police officers, according to the Associated Press. The unrest began during prayers for the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha at the site, called the Al-Aqsa mosque compound by Muslims and the Temple Mount by Jews, according to the AP. Sunday was also the Ninth of Av in Judaism, which marks the biblical destruction of the two temples that once stood on the site. A large number of Palestinians… Read more »
Watched Tom Steyer at Iowa Fair on C-SPAN, taking calls now. Interesting dude, impressive background.
Sharks vs Jets in Jerusalem
…roommate listened to this version 1 million times, sophomore-year:
Has he thrived in this world since?
Sociological curiosity.
…he was doing alright last i heard.
Found it: 1939 Gibson Super 400n.
https://www.frettedamericana.com/product/1940-gibson-super-400n-second-model
You gonna get one or just:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgu_zI-23u4
…not lookin’ for a new guitar, am spoken for.
‘39 Gibson is that bird’s-eye maple Jerry’s holding up there- his last known guitar played!
Yep I had several from 56 to 73 but then got the tele and that one’s stuck it out.
Im not really familiar with vintagers….
It’s so old, it’s held together by strings.
Don’t call me a lyre.
That’s a go-jus Gibson. Those are high on my list of prettiest arch tops ever built.
I’d much rather have a president who occasionally puts his foot in his mouth than one who always has his head up his ass if that’s what the choice boils down to. I’ll be delighted if anyone other than joe wins the Dem nomination if AND ONLY IF she can beat SFB in November a year or so down the road.
I’d say that’s the same guitar as the one in the fretted Americana link. Hard to tell on a phone but looks like a clear maple top and birds eye sides and back, but I can’t see the back of Jerry’s however it looks like the sides are birds eye. Regardless, both are beautiful instruments.
NY Mag – Trump Is Mentally Unwell
Interesting take on what everybody already knows
Jamie, max boot in his wapo op ed today brought us up to date on the assessment: President Trump projects so much that it’s a wonder he hasn’t gotten a job in a movie theater. At 6:44 p.m. on Saturday, about the time that normal people are getting ready for dinner, he tweeted: “Joe Biden just said, ‘We believe in facts, not truth.’ Does anybody really believe he is mentally fit to be president? We are ‘playing’ in a very big and complicated world. Joe doesn’t have a clue!” Is this really the debate that Trump wants to have?… Read more »
I was driving around Grand Rapids today when I approached a group of about 10-15 people standing near an intersection in front of the Meijer store near Kalamazoo Avenue. My first thought was, “Are they on strike? What are they protesting?” Then I got closer and I saw one of their signs. It read: Bernie Sanders 2020! They were stumping for Bernie Sanders.
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